Thank you all very much for your presentations this morning.
I'm going to ask my questions on agriculture. I do believe that one of the saviours of our economy, moving forward, is agriculture. Everybody needs food. I think we do it right, and we have a history of performing on that at different levels. I hear that we need a competitive climate. I hear from Mr. Leitch that a balanced budget is very important. I hear that we need to increase skills and the immigration skills program. It goes on and on. It all sounds good.
I also hear that on canola, our competition—for example, Australia on the Asian side—plays a factor in the strategy in order to be competitive and to continue to move forward in providing our economy with the resources and revenue that we need.
Yesterday we saw a carbon tax. We've seen an expansion of CPP, and an increase in EI, which is a payroll tax. How are all of these going to play a part in this industry maintaining competitiveness? Aren't these roadblocks to it doing so?
I'll ask this question to Mr. Leitch, Mr. Mazier, and Mr. Innes.